Can another MBP access my Mac Pro's raid via Firewire 800?

Right now, my scratch disk is on a raid (two 1tb WD drives) in my Mac Pro, which includes photoshop, FCS, and Aperture files.

I would like my work partner's MBP to be able to access the same files without having to share on bluetooth or wirelessly. Is there a way he can plug in a firewire 800/cat 5e cable into my Mac Pro to access the raid drives?

Sharing isn't an issue of the medium that you use. You simply set the drives you want to share up in your systems preferences. If you have a firewire connection between the two Mac you can again use preferences to tell the MBP to use the firewire instead of a slower wireless. Use the network setup in preferences.

Sharing isn't an issue of the medium that you use. You simply set the drives you want to share up in your systems preferences. If you have a firewire connection between the two Mac you can again use preferences to tell the MBP to use the firewire instead of a slower wireless. Use the network setup in preferences.

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Even easier, use gigabit ethernet. Faster than FW/800 as well, and cheaper.

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